W. E. H. Stanner, Patricia Stanner

Gebundenes Buch

The South Seas in Transition

A Study of Post-War Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Three British Pacific Dependencies

Beschreibung

?Three things must be said at the outset about this book: first, that it is far more than its explanatory subtitle implies; secondly, that it is likely to be for a long time one of the standard works on the parts of the Pacific with which it deals; thirdly, that it is written by an anthropologist who is at the same time an economist, a discerning analyst of politicosocial institutions and, what is perhaps equally important, a humanist.?-Times (London) Literary Supplement

Autor

W.E.H. Stanner (1905-1981) helped to shape the growth of Australian anthropology, and his principal interest was the peoples of Daly River and Wadeye in the Northern Territory. Until the end of his life, he devoted to securing recognition of Aboriginal rights to land. Stanner was a member of the Council for Aboriginal Affairs and, in 1968, the ABC's Boyer Lecturer. He was a founding member of the Aboriginal Treaty Committee. Appointed to the chair of anthropology at the Australian National University, he served as head of the department of anthropology and sociology until his retirement in 1970.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 468
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 1982
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 863g
• ISBN-13: 9780313236617
• ISBN-10: 0313236615
• Artikelnr.: 21355556